Shattered, shatteredLove and hope and sex and dreamsAre still surviving on the streetLook at me - I'm in tatters!I'm a shattered.Shattered

Friends are so alarmingAnd my lover's never charmingLife's just a cocktail party - on the streetBig ApplePeople dressed in plastic bagsDirecting trafficSome kind of fashionShattered

Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sexLook at me - I'm in tatters I 'm a shatteredShattered

All this chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter 'boutShmatta, shmatta, shmatta -- I can't give it away on 7th AvenueThis town's been wearing tatters (shattered, shattered)Work and work for love and sexAin't you hungry for success, success, success, successDoes it matter? (Shattered) Does it matter?I'm shattered. Shattered

Pride and joy and greed and sexThat's what makes our town the bestPride and joy and dirty dreams and still surviving on the streetand look at me - i'm in tatters, yeahI've been battered, what does it matterDoes it matter, uh-huhDoes it matter, uh-huh, I'm a shattered

Don't you know the crime rate is going up, up, up, up, up!To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough!You got rats on the west sideBed bugs uptownWhat a mess this town's in tatters I've been shatteredMy brain's been battered - splattered - all over Manhattan

Uh-huh, This town's full of money grabbersGo aheadBite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots, huhShadoobie, My brain's been batteredMy friends they come around theyFlatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter!Pile it up, pile it high on the platter